The thrill of being invited to participate in a three-day adventure at the Culinary Institute of America, Napa Valley, California branch is about as good as it gets. Especially if you’re a self-taught home cook. And the experience exceeded every imaginable expectation I had. How…
Gail Simmons is such a glamorous presence on “Top Chef” that it’s easy to forget she’s first and foremost a great cook. She’s also a fellow Canadian so I took a great deal of heat from Andrew for not knowing what a Bumbleberry was. I’d…
I won’t go into the dreary details of two nights spent in Frankfurt Airport where a freak storm stranded over 7000 passengers except to say that if a contest were held First Prize would be one night in Frankfurt Airport and Second Prize would be…
I must admit to having been slightly taken aback when Andrew told me his weekend plans included making Ice Cream Sandwiches. Not that I didn’t want one. And when the smell of his dark chocolate ‘biscuit’ wafted through the kitchen, I could hardly wait until…
Salad lovers are in sheer heaven now and will be through the rest of the summer. The ingredients for perfect salads are everywhere. And the earliest part of the season yields the tenderest of greens. Arugula has its bite but it’s far from bitter which…
I fell in love with this recipe in a heartbeat. It just looked so fresh, so complex and yet so simple to make. It’s the invention of Molly Baz who is a Senior Associate Food Editor at Bon Appetit. She took her farmer’s market finds…
One of the great joys of summer is that Andrew is back at the beach and back into baking. It’s not that we don’t have temporary bursts of wonderful cakes, pies and cookies at other times of the year, but in Summer he settles…
Bon Appetit’s Photo of its “Best Ever Ribs Recipe”. Would that the recipe was as good as their photo. One of my very favorite things to eat are ribs. Pork ribs and to get even more specific, St. Louis cut Pork Ribs which I…
PONANT EXPLORES THE GLOBE WITH A DECIDEDLY FRENCH ACCENT.
